Veracruz in numbers
- Coordinates
- 10.8533, -84.8667
- Region
- Alajuela Province
- Country
- Costa Rica, North America
- Capital
- San José — 130 km away
- Same name
- 99 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Veracruz, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
The clock on this page follows the local time of Veracruz, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica, in the America/Costa_Rica zone (−6).
Veracruz, Costa Rica
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−6 · America/Costa_Rica
Local time in Veracruz
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Veracruz keeps America/Costa_Rica clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:29 AM Solar noon 11:26 AM Sunset 5:23 PM Daylight 11 h 53 min Night 12 h 07 min Civil twilight 5:08 AM – 5:44 PM
Weather in Veracruz right now
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Veracruz and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 21307 Yolillal — 9.7 km away
- 21402 Caño Negro — 10.1 km away
- 21502 Buenavista — 10.2 km away
- 21504 Katira — 13.2 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Alajuela Province
- San Jose 335 007
- Alajuela 47 494
- San Vicente 34 447
- San José 31 430
- San Miguel 28 827
- Quesada 27 310
Other places named Veracruz
- Veracruz Veracruz, Mexico
- Veracruz Panamá Oeste Province, Panama
- Veracruz Chiapas, Mexico
- Veracruz Copán Department, Honduras
- Veracruz Durango, Mexico
Nearby places
- Pilones — 1.7 km
- Jobo — 3.2 km
- Campo Verde — 3.4 km
- Aguas Negras — 4.1 km
- Porvenir — 4.3 km
- San Jorge — 5.9 km
About the time in Veracruz
The time zone used in Veracruz is America/Costa_Rica, set at UTC−6. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Today the sun rises over Veracruz at 5:29 AM and sets at 5:23 PM. That is 11 h 53 min of daylight in all.
Veracruz keeps the same time as its neighbours Pilones and Jobo.
The postal breakdown of Veracruz runs to 4 codes.
Questions and answers
- Is the local time in Veracruz based on America/Costa_Rica?
- Yes, local time in Veracruz is based on America/Costa_Rica, with an offset of −6.
- Does the local schedule in Veracruz include a clock change?
- No.
- At what time is the sun setting in Veracruz?
- The sun is setting at 5:23 PM.